Getting Paid to Volunteer Abroad: Is It Possible? Most people choose to volunteer abroad with an awareness that they will not only be working for free, but that they will have some sort of cost associated with them – be it administrative fees, room and board, airline tickets or all of thee above. But you may have heard of some volunteer programs that actually pay their volunteers either with stipends, travel expenses or other incentives. While there are not many of these out there, they do exist. These are not simply free or low cost volunteer opportunities, but programs that …

Should you include volunteer work on a resume? Scale Computing chief executive Jeff Ready recently was interviewing job candidates for a position whose duties included coordinating all-hands meetings at the Indianapolis-based manufacturer. One prospective employee s resume included her experience planning an annual fundraiser for a local charity, several years in a row. To me, that experience was awesome. She had done it for four to five years; she obviously liked doing it, or she wouldn’t have done it for free, says Ready. The volunteer work stood out because her resume described the event planning experience and how many attendees …

Fatwire Article Portlet Volunteer for us Volunteering for us is one enjoyable way of helping animal welfare and can be very rewarding, as our short film above shows. We can’t do it without you Our volunteers make a huge contribution to the work we do to prevent cruelty, promote kindness to and alleviate suffering of animals. What will I gain? Volunteering with us is a great way to meet like minded people who share the same enthusiasm for animal welfare. There are lots of other benefits too, such as: gaining new skills or developing existing ones the chance to try …